Steel welding rod



Patented Jan. 31, 1939 NITED STATES PATENT VOFFIC STEEL WELDING ROW Arthur R. Lytle, Niagara Falls, N. Y., assignor to ()xweld Acetylene Company, a corporation of West Vir it No lira.

Application May 22, 1032,

Serial No. 144,313

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The invention relates to fusion-deposition weld-'- ing, referring more particularly to steel welding rods for use in gas welding.

In my copending application, Serial No. 90,886,

filed July 16, 1936, I have disclosed a steel welding rod, for use particularly in high speed, multiple flame welding methods, containing between 0.2% and 1.0% silicon and substantially free from sulfur, the latter element not exceeding 0.015%. Welding rods made in accordance with that disclosure produce sound welds in gas welding proc esses even under the most difficult conditions.

It is relatively dificult and expensive to pro- 0.015% to 0.04% sulfur and capable of producing uniformly sound welds under all Welding conditions except, perhaps, the most dificult conditions of multiple-flame, high speed automatic welding.

I have discovered that freedom from porosity, under most conditions of gas welding, may be obtained with the use of a welding rod containing as much as 0.015% to 0.04% sulfur, if the silicon content of the welding rod is correctly proportioned to the sulfur content. Specifically, if the sum of the silicon percentage and ten times the sulfur percentage is less than 0.53%, the deposited weld metal is sound; but if this sum is greater than 0.53%, the deposited weld metal may be porous unless unusual precautions are taken.

The invention is a steel welding rod, for use in fusion deposition welding, containing, in addition to iron, 0.015% to 0.04% sulfur, 0.1% to 0.4% silicon, and manganese in amounts up to about 2%, the sum of the silicon percentage and ten times the sulfur percentage being less than 0.53%. Preferably, the sulfur content does not exceed 0.025%, the silicon content is between 0.12% and 0.28%, and the sum of the silicon percentage plus ten times the sulfur percentage is between 0.33% and 0.43%. The presence of manganese in an amount between 0.9% and 1.5% is preferred, to prevent sparking and overheating.

Welding rods produced in accordance with this invention are eminently satisfactory in all common welding operations, such as the forehand" welding of pipe, the backhand welding of plates, and all operations where a single flame is used. In these applications of the invention the sum of the silicon content and ten times the sulfur content of the welding rod may be as high as 0.50% to 0.53% without danger of porosity in the completed weld; but for multiple flame, high speed welding the sum should be between 0.35% and 0.43%.

Many tests of welding rodscontaining various amounts of silicon and sulfur confirm the validity of the above disclosed relationship and illustrate the advantages of the invention. Data typical of those obtained in these tests are set forth in the following table:

Rod analysis Sum of on Condition g Perscient cent Sif-IO of depos- (percent S) ited metal 0. 025 0. 4 0. 65 Porous 0.024 0. 3 0. 54 Porous 0. 025 0. 27 0. 52 Sound 0. 026 0. 23 0. 49 Sound 0. 028 0. 39 0. 67 Porous 0. 029 O. 26 0. 55 Porous 0. 029 0. 18 0. 47 Sound 0. 020 0. 26 0. 46 Sound 0. 021 0. 28 0. 49 Sound 0. 022 0. 27 0. 49 Sound 0. 025 0. 26 0. 51 Sound Steel for the welding rods of this invention may be produced in the basic open hearth furnace, thereby keeping its cost low. The welding rods ofier advantages not heretofore possessed by rods of the silicon-containing type in that they produce sound welds when used in any of the common methods of gas welding and have excellent resistance to sparking and overheating during welding.

I claim:

1. Steel welding rod, for gas welding, comprising 0.1% to 0.4% silicon and 0.015% to 0.04% sulfur, the sum of the silicon percentage and ten times the sulfur percentage being less than 0.53%, the remainder substantially all iron.

2. Steel welding rod, for gas welding, comprising 0.12% to 0.28% silicon and 0.015% to 0.025% sulfur, the sum of the silicon percentage and ten times the sulfur percentage being between 0.35% and 0.43%, the remainder substantially all iron.

3. Steel welding rod, for gas welding, comprising 0.1% to 0.4% silicon, 0.015% to 0.04% sulfur, and manganese in an amount not exceeding 2%, the sum of the silicon percentage and ten times the sulfur percentage being less than 0.53%, the remainder substantially all iron.

4. Steel welding rod, for gas welding, comprising 0.12% to 0.28% silicon, 0.015% to 0.025% sulfur, and 0.9% to 1.5% manganese, the sum of the silicon percentage and ten times the sulfur percentage being between 0.35% and 0.43%, the remainder substantially all iron. 

